Re: nano editor in Shrike?

From: Tom Diehl <tdiehl rogueind com>

To: phoebe-list redhat com

Subject: Re: nano editor in Shrike?

Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2003 21:29:19 -0500 (EST)

On 31 Mar 2003, Michael Wardle wrote:
> On Mon, 2003-03-31 at 12:01, Jesse Keating wrote:
> > Um, I thought pine was depreciated, not fully removed yet. Am I wrong?
>
> Yes, you're right, it's *deprecated*. ;-)
>
> Someone recently made a post sounding quite annoyed at its removal, so I
> assumed it must have been removed, but a little research confirms it's
> merely deprecated.
>
> Anyway, it would still be nice for there to be a lightweight
> command-line editor that is easy to learn. Nano has been included in
> the past, and I hope Red Hat will again include it in future.
Does it not have the same licansing problem pine has?? I love pine and hate
to see it depreciated (which means it will eventaully go) but I can see
why they are doing that. It has to be a pita to maintain.
Maybe it is time to look for a replacment.
--
.............Tom "Nothing would please me more than being able to
tdiehl rogueind com hire ten programmers and deluge the hobby market
with good software." -- Bill Gates 1976
We are still waiting ....